Yes, "il pleut des hallebardes" is definitely a real expression (and has long been one of my personal favorites). True, it may not the most common expression nowadays but it still gets used and people still do know it. At any rate it's got great gaming appeal -- as Matt said it does conjure images of a really awesome spell (gives me chills just thinking about it).

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